Federal Republic · EkoEleven interfaces, rebuilt to work1999 — 2016

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Eleven Nigerian interfaces from 2000 to 2016, rebuilt so you can use them.

Perf 13½Every exhibit still worksNIA 01—11

The Sheet

Eleven Nigerian interfaces, in the order they arrived. Pick one up and it opens — they are live, not pictures of themselves.

Cat. NIA 01–11 · Perf 13½

NOKIA2001–2009Play SnakeN.I.A. · NIA-1045k YAHOO!2001–2010Buzz somebodyN.I.A. · NIA-0515k TUNEZ2004–2012Play a toneN.I.A. · NIA-0940k NAIRALAND2005–nowDrill a threadN.I.A. · NIA-0125k YOUTUBE2006–2011Watch it bufferN.I.A. · NIA-1118k THE BLOG2006–2015Read the commentsN.I.A. · NIA-0730k FACEBOOK2007–2011Poke somebodyN.I.A. · NIA-0620k 2GO2008–2016Join a roomN.I.A. · NIA-025k EASYBLAZE2008–2017Dial *228#N.I.A. · NIA-0835k STATUS2010–2015Write a PMN.I.A. · NIA-0410k BBM2010–2016Fire a broadcastN.I.A. · NIA-0350k

Nothing replaced anything cleanly

BBM and 2go peaked in the same two years. The blogs outlived both. Only Nairaland is still running.

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NOKIA2001–2009 YAHOO!2001–2010 TUNEZ2004–2012 NAIRALAND2005–now YOUTUBE2006–2011 THE BLOG2006–2015 FACEBOOK2007–2011 2GO2008–2016 EASYBLAZE2008–2017 STATUS2010–2015 BBM2010–2016

The LexiconSend me your pin. Flash me. MB don finish.The Visitors' BookSign it. Say which one you used.The ColophonHow this was made, and what it was made from.

Drawn from scratch · No logos · No scraped assetsSet in Tac One